The story of Rose starts with being a brother

Chapter 526 A Night of Passion (Part Two) - In the Making...

"In the hustle and bustle of the city, I felt I was gradually losing myself, but in the embrace of nature, I found true solace in the majestic snow-capped mountains of Changbai Mountain and the clear lakes of Jiuzhaigou..."

"stop!"

In the bar, just as Zeng Xiaoxian was about to launch into a long speech, Meijia interrupted him with a strange expression.

“Teacher Zeng, you said the same things when you came back after you ran away from home last time.”

"Yes, you're on a business trip, not a vacation. Where in Beijing are there Changbai Mountain and Jiuzhaigou?"

"..."

Zeng Xiaoxian paused for a moment, then chuckled dryly, "I was just joking. Besides, maybe even though my real body didn't go, my advertisement has already been sent!"

Chen Meijia pursed her lips, then said, "Teacher Zeng, wait a minute, let me tell the people in the apartment that you're back and invite them all to celebrate."

"Don't!"

Upon hearing this, Zeng Xiaoxian quickly stopped her. Meeting their gazes, Zeng Xiaoxian said in a low voice, "I just came back to visit. There's no need to call everyone here."

Meijia and Guangu exchanged a glance, and then they understood what Zeng Xiaoxian meant.

"Don't worry, Teacher Zeng, Sister Yifei went out on something and hasn't come back yet."

After saying that, Mika winked and said, "I've heard about your heroic deeds too. What's wrong? Are you still worried?"

"Who, who is living in fear!"

Upon hearing this, Zeng Xiaoxian immediately retorted, "Isn't it just Hu Yifei? Do you think I'm afraid of seeing her?"

"Humph."

Mika smiled and then nodded along with Guan Gu.

"..."

Seeing Zeng Xiaoxian's embarrassed expression, Guan Gu Shenqi thought for a moment and then asked, "Teacher Zeng, I've never asked you before, why did you say those things to Yifei back then?"

He was asking Hu Yifei if she liked him. To be honest, normally, when someone is drunk and confesses their feelings, shouldn't they say they like the other person?

Zeng Xiaoxian then asked the other person if they liked him, which left the others somewhat confused.

“This…” Zeng Xiaoxian hesitated for a while before saying, “Actually, I saw Laura when the show ended.”

"Laura?!"

As soon as Zeng Xiaoxian finished speaking, Meijia and Guangu were so shocked they almost jumped up.

Both of them are characters from the first season, and they have a deep memory of Lara from back then.

After all, as a supporting character, Laura appeared in two episodes.

Laura's back?

"Teacher Zeng, are you and Laura going to rekindle your romance?"

"..."

Hearing what these two were saying, Zeng Xiaoxian waved his hand and said irritably, "What nonsense are you talking about? Laura and I are completely over, okay!"

Guan Gu then asked, "What happened after you met?"

"Don't worry, nothing happened, not a single word was spoken," Zeng Xiaoxian immediately said. "I didn't expect her to come to the scene either; I just happened to see her there."

"wrong!"

At this moment, Chen Meijia suddenly frowned and looked Zeng Xiaoxian up and down.

"Teacher Zeng, since nothing happened between you and Laura back then, why did you specifically bring her up just now?"

"..."

Zeng Xiaoxian's face stiffened, unsure how to respond, when Guan Gu spoke up again: "Oh yeah, Teacher Zeng, you seemed a bit off when you came back for the celebration party that day. We thought you were so excited because you won five million, but now it seems..."

"W-why is something wrong?" Zeng Xiaoxian tried to explain, "I was already excited about winning five million, and I also had some drinks. Isn't that normal?"

"But why did you ask Yifei if she likes you?"

"..."

Meijia's crucial blow left Zeng Xiaoxian speechless.

But then, the emotional detective Chen Meijia began to analyze.

"When you kissed Yifei back then, it was because you were provoked by Laura. Looking at it this way, the things you said to Yifei this time were also provoked by Laura!"

"..."

“You just said that you and Laura are completely in the past, but if you really were in the past, you wouldn’t have reacted so strongly to seeing Laura again, Teacher Zeng!” Chen Meijia narrowed her eyes, staring at Zeng Xiaoxian before finally concluding, “So, Teacher Zeng, you haven’t let go of Laura at all!”

"..."

The bar area fell silent. Zeng Xiaoxian's pupils dilated slightly. After Meijia's words, he was speechless.

Seeing this, Guan Gu Shenqi, who considered himself a master of deduction, couldn't help but whisper to Meijia, "Meijia, did you learn this from Qiong Yao's novels?"

"of course not."

Chen Meijia smiled smugly: "I also learned from Yi Shu's novels."

"..."

It's unclear whether Guan Gu Shenqi had never heard of Yi Shu or was speechless at Meijia's words, but he turned his head and sighed deeply.

After a moment of silence, Zeng Xiaoxian's expression changed several times before he also sighed and said, "Okay, I admit it. Laura and I have been together for eight years since college, so it's really hard to just forget her like that."

Upon hearing this, Meijia and Guangu were somewhat surprised, but not entirely unexpected. Then they heard Zeng Xiaoxian say, "However, this doesn't mean I want to rekindle our relationship. I can't forget her simply because it was also eight years of my youth. Can you forget your youth when you were around twenty years old?"

He paused, then added, "Guan Gu, can you forget your university days?"

"Uh, I can't."

"Mika, what about you? Can you forget?"

"I never went to college."

"..."

The atmosphere suddenly became awkward. Zeng Xiaoxian, who was trying to cheer them up by reminiscing about their youth, opened his mouth a few times before finally managing to say, "Then can you forget the years you spent wandering the world?"

"Oh, I haven't forgotten that."

Chen Meijia was instantly reminded of her time in a girl group and being chased by debt collectors by Zeng Xiaoxian's words. But as she thought about it, she suddenly realized that Lu Ziqiao's shadow seemed to have been present in all those years...

At that moment, she suddenly understood Zeng Xiaoxian a little.

"So, Teacher Zeng, you can't forget Laura, which is why you were provoked when she appeared, and then you went after Yifei..."

At this point, Chen Meijia stopped, and her gaze toward Zeng Xiaoxian held a strange look.

"Oh dear, I never expected it to turn out like this." Zeng Xiaoxian scratched his head in frustration. "I did think of Hu Yifei at the time, but I didn't mean to say those things..."

Zeng Xiaoxian looked at Guan Gu Shenqi before he could finish speaking.

"It's all your fault! You insisted on holding a victory celebration banquet, which made me drink so much. Otherwise, I wouldn't have said those things!"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Guan Gu Shenqi immediately lost his composure.

"What?! How can you blame us for this?"

Guan Gu was speechless; he couldn't believe he was being dragged into this for no reason.

"The celebration banquet was for you, who knew you'd say those things when you were drunk?"

At this moment, Meijia seemed to remember something, and after a quick glance, she changed the subject, saying, "Alright, let's not talk about the past. Teacher Zeng, where are you staying now that you're back?"

“I’m staying in a hotel,” Zeng Xiaoxian said, then added, “Don’t worry, the hotel I’m staying at this time is absolutely normal.”

The last time he stayed at that international hotel with an "open view," the room rate wasn't even as high as the compensation he received after the wall was demolished!
But Meijia asked with concern, "So you really don't plan to go back to the apartment? I think Yifei seems to have forgotten about that incident, so you don't need to hide anymore."

"Hiding? I didn't hide at all."

Zeng Xiaoxian, who was extremely proud, quickly said, "I came back this time because I have important business to attend to. The station created a TV variety show specifically for me, and I'm very busy right now!" "Wow! Really?"

Upon hearing this, Mika and Guan Gu exclaimed in surprise, "Then you're really going to become a big star!"

"Of course!"

Zeng Xiaoxian responded with a smile, though there was a hint of bitterness in it.

"What's the show called? Let's go check it out."

"It's called... 'Lucky Bounce Bounce,' but it's still in the preparation and recording stage, so you can't watch it yet."

"That's a shame." Guan Gu said with a hint of disappointment, then added, "But you can't stay away forever. What if your room gets rented out?"

"This one……"

Just as Zeng Xiaoxian was hesitating, Meijia chimed in, "Teacher Zeng, how about this? We'll try to gauge Yifei's opinion for you first, see what her attitude is now, and then we'll tell you, and you can consider whether you want to move back right away, okay?"

……

in the apartment.

After tidying himself up, Wen Sheng checked the time and found that it was already 9 p.m. Considering that he would have to wait a few more hours before he could go to Laura's place, he decided to go to a bar for a while.

However, as soon as he opened the door, he saw Tang Youyou sitting on the sofa in a daze.

"Youyou, what are you doing sitting here like this?"

"Huh? Teacher Wen." Tang Youyou, who had been staring blankly at the TV commercial, came back to her senses, glanced at Wen Sheng who was coming down the stairs, and forced a smile. "It's nothing. I think the commercial is quite good too."

"is it?"

Wen Sheng took a carton of milk from the refrigerator, poured himself a glass, and after thinking for a moment asked, "Are you in a bad mood?"

"How could that be? I'm in a great mood!"

"Because of the art exhibition a few days ago?"

"..."

Wen Sheng ignored Tang Youyou's lies and directly pointed out the reason for the oppressive atmosphere in the apartment these past few days.

Ziqiao and Guangu damaged Aiped's painting and were sued for 80,000 yuan. This was indeed a lot of money, but Guangu and Tang Youyou could still afford it.

However, the impact of this incident has not yet been eliminated.

Needless to say, Guan Gu was the one who threw that punch, and he also paid the lion's share of the compensation, but Guan Gu felt quite wronged.

If Lu Ziqiao hadn't insisted on dragging him to that art exhibition and hadn't provoked him with things like, "Aiped can hold art exhibitions, he's much better than you," he wouldn't have gone at all.

Upon arriving, he discovered that Aped was his idol, which made him feel that he had ruined the image his idol had of him. In a fit of anger, he even destroyed his favorite painting of his idol...

After losing the money, he really had the urge to commit seppuku against Lu Ziqiao.

But Lu Ziqiao happened to be Tang Youyou's nephew, so even though Tang Youyou was furious with Lu Ziqiao at the time, she still had to clean up his mess.

Lu Ziqiao actually felt quite wronged. He had only planned to go to the art exhibition to compare his height with Aped's... literally speaking.

The reason I dragged Guan Gu Shenqi over was because the other party used to provoke him with this, saying things like, "It's not 4 centimeters taller, it's 4.65 centimeters taller, round it up to 5 centimeters, and round it up again to 10 centimeters."

As everyone knows, the people in the apartment are all oddballs and eccentrics. They take betting on seemingly insignificant things very seriously from time to time.

For example, Zhang Wei is a gambling addict. He lost his room to Yi Fei and still owes Wen Sheng several years' worth of cleaning work.

Therefore, both Lu Ziqiao and Guan Gu seemed very serious about comparing their heights.

He pulled Guan Gu over so that the other person could witness for himself that Aped was taller than him simply because he was wearing height-increasing shoes.

He miscalculated; even with his shoes off, Aped was still taller than him, and Guan Gu had also broken the painting.

Who would have thought this would happen? He even thought that Guan Gu had bipolar disorder and couldn't control his emotions, so he punched the painting.

But what's the point of this excuse? He also bears responsibility.

Later, he saw Mika frantically apologizing to Aped to prevent Aped from pursuing criminal charges against him and Guan Gu. For a scumbag like him, that feeling was quite like being bullied.

It's a case of losing both money and reputation.

And then there's Meijia. Although she claims to have been through the world, when faced with such a serious matter, she's ultimately just a little girl. She was almost scared to tears at the police station.

It's not that she'll be in any danger, but she feels that this whole thing started because of her.

If she hadn't thought about going back to her apartment, none of these things would have happened.

He even deliberately brought back an iPad to annoy Lu Ziqiao.

It's obvious how a painter who looks like Lu Ziqiao could possibly be pursuing her. It's all because she discovered this unique person first, and then she came up with the idea of ​​going back to the apartment to annoy Ziqiao.

To reunite with a challenge, one must first have a chance of winning the challenge before even thinking about reuniting.

When you get together with some classmates, the ones who are doing well are naturally the most enthusiastic in organizing things.

However, things gradually deviated from everyone's expectations after they returned.

In fact, Wen Sheng also felt a little embarrassed. He knew that the original drama would involve things like ruining paintings, but because he had been in this comedy world for a long time, the relaxed atmosphere of the apartment made him a little complacent, and he did not consider that the real world would be more serious than the comedy.

He was so focused on getting Meijia to stay in line with the plot that he planned to rent another apartment and move in with Yumo without any problems.

So he later negotiated with the organizers of the art exhibition, trying to resolve the issue by simply paying a loss.

After all, once it escalates into a criminal case, Guan Gu Shenqi will definitely be deported back to China, not to mention anything else.

Speaking of which, Wen Sheng also has to thank Sister Sheng. After all, he has a top lawyer standing behind him. The organizer of the art exhibition itself has the responsibility to protect the exhibition. If a dispute and lawsuit were to break out, the other party would definitely not have an easy time either. At the very least, their business in organizing art exhibitions would be affected.

Alas, behind every successful man stands another successful woman.

In short, the people in the apartment are still largely affected by this incident.

As a result of this incident, Tang Youyou and Guan Gu Shenqi's relationship has become somewhat complicated in the past few days.

Well... Tang Youyou also bears some responsibility in this matter. If she hadn't gossiped and stirred things up in Meijia's ear, things might not have gotten so serious.

From her perspective, she couldn't even be sure if what she said was truly for Meijia's good, or if she was just trying to find an opportunity for her nephew.

After all, that Aped looks too much like Lu Ziqiao.

She couldn't help but feel that Meijia actually liked Lu Ziqiao, no matter how she looked at this kind of stand-in literature.

Looking at Tang Youyou, who seemed lost and upset, Wen Sheng thought for a moment and then suddenly said:

"Youyou, have you ever considered... moving in with Guangu?"

……

The night is getting darker.

The headlights of the Mercedes cut through the deep night and stopped in front of a high-end residential building in the HP district.

"Hey, Laura, I'm downstairs at your place."

"Oh, it's only past midnight, handsome Wen, you still couldn't resist coming to find me first."

Inside the car, listening to Laura's teasing voice on the phone, Wen Sheng said without changing his expression, "Then I'll head back first."

"No!"

Laura quickly stopped her, then added, "You really have no sense of humor at all, you're far worse than Xiaoxian in that respect."

"..."

Wen Sheng lightly pressed the accelerator, and Laura on the other end of the phone hurriedly said, "Alright, when you arrive, come up and sit for a while, and show me around my house. The password to my door is ******."

Wen Sheng raised an eyebrow and said in a strange tone, "Why do you need to tell me the password? Aren't you home?"

"Of course I'm at home, but..."

Laura's voice paused for a moment on the phone, and then Wen Sheng heard the sound of water dripping from the other end.

"I thought you would be a little late, so I just lay down in the bathtub to take a bath. I'm afraid I won't be able to get up to open the door for you."

Laura chuckled, "So you'll have to open the door yourself, handsome Wen. You're not afraid of that, are you?"

(End of this chapter)